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Jail for ‘injuring post boxes’, begging on trains — penalties Jan Vishwas Bill seeks to remove

Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2022 was referred to Joint Parliamentary Committee last December. JPC will present its report to Parliament Thursday.

22 yrs after introducing tri-service commands, MoD seeks law to give commanders disciplinary powers

Currently, personnel are governed by separate service acts & officers only have disciplinary powers over troops from own service, which has direct impact on inter-services organisations.

‘Constititution recognises some rights for non-citizens’ — HC order extending RTI ambit to foreign nationals

Delhi HC Monday upheld CIC order to provide information to Tibetan national, says provision in RTI Act that mentions only citizens isn't an 'absolute bar'.

Rahul Gandhi MIA as Congress left defending his ‘democracy under attack’ remarks in Parliament

Wayanad MP has been away since he flew to London last month. Congress is countering BJP's attacks on him by reiterating demand for JPC on Adani Group.

Rahul’s UK comments, Oppn demand for Adani-Hindenburg probe stall Parliament’s Budget session

Union minister Giriraj Singh wants Rahul tried for sedition, while Oppn alleges mics are switched every time they raise Adani issue.

Turning trash into fashion: Chennai man quit corporate job to lead SME that made Modi jacket

Modi wore ‘sadri’ jacket made of recycled plastic bottles to Parliament. Senthil says around 20-28 bottles were used to make jacket that retails for Rs 2,000.

‘What’s the shame in using Nehru name’: Modi takes dig at Gandhis in Rajya Sabha speech

Prime Minister Narendra Modi returns fire in Upper House after the Opposition's allegations against government following Adani stock rout.

‘Indira Gandhi misused Article 356 fifty times to dismiss elected state govts,’ says PM Modi

Modi launched a caustic attack on the Gandhi family in Parliament Thursday, while Opposition members loudly demanded a joint parliamentary probe into the Adani crisis.

Poetry, storytelling & Harvard study — how Modi laid into Congress, Rahul Gandhi in LS speech

Modi said UPA years will be known as ‘lost decade’ in India’s growth story & institutions will study end of Congress party and those who brought it down.

Aarogya Setu contact-tracing data gone, Parliament told; activists want to know who saw it

Personal data was collected via the app from the onset of Covid to manage the disease and its spread; there were several concerns about privacy over the app's data-collection features.

On Camera

Prajwal Revanna case shows why and how sexual crimes by men in politics can go unchecked for years

It would be a disservice to the women of Hassan to look at Prajwal Revanna’s alleged abuse of power as a ‘sex scandal’. Allegations against him show what ‘absolute power corrupts absolutely’ actually means.

Air India reduces baggage allowance by 5-15 kg, bringing it in line with rest of industry

Air India’s new policy, effective from 2 May, introduces new weight limits for tickets in each of the different 'fare families' — Comfort, Comfort Plus, and Flex.

China builds road through Shaksgam Valley, India registers protest

New Delhi has, in past, too, objected to Chinese construction activities in Shaksgam Valley. Work in this strategic region gathered pace after the 2017 Doklam stand-off.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.